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(She became the first woman ever to accomplish that feat four years earlier withBig.)

Theres chubby little Stilwell angel and his chocolate fixation.
Every single line of this scene will make me cry, every single time.
Theyve got a Women in Baseball thing up there.
We move into full-tilt sobs.
We come from cities near andfaaaaar!
Im a puddle of feelings on the floor.
You feel the richness of their collective experience, and the weight of the honor theyre receiving.
A League of Their Ownwas the first sports movie where I really got to see myself.
But Penny MarshallsA League of Their Ownwas different.
The women of Marshalls league were athletes and sisters and friends and mothers and wives.